Take a Lap Around the Circut of the Americas in a Mazda Prototype Race Car

The IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship is coming to Circuit of The Americas for Lone Star Le Mans this weekend, and you know what that means: sweet racing on-board videos.

This one comes to use courtesy of Mazda factory driver Tom Long, who takes us around the giant Formula 1 race track in his #70 Mazda Motorsports Racing Prototype car.

The car is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, and actually uses a Lola-based chassis. It sits in the series's fastest class, making it very quick around the circuit. Throughout the video, we can hear Long narrating each turn along the circuit, describing just how crazy racing on an F1 race track really is.

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Watch for yourself as we're given a cockpit view of what it's like to drive a prototype around America's most patriotic track.